Chapter 1004 - 309: Seal Lifted (Part 2)

"Sect Leader, Patriarch Shen."

At the edge of the deep pit, Wushi Qianrou saw the two arriving and bowed slightly in salute.

The two nodded, and Shen Chongming glanced at the beggar and flashed directly to the bottom of the pit.

Looking at the ragged old beggar, he hesitated for a moment and said:

"Senior, do you really remember nothing?"

The old beggar remained as silent as ever.

Seeing this, Shen Chongming’s lips twitched a few times, but ultimately he said nothing more.

Having learned about the old beggar’s identity from Celestial Demon He Yi, he no longer had any hope of awakening the old beggar’s memory to reclaim him.

After all, it might be the supreme Immortal Dao Law that had punished the old beggar, or an entity of that level had intervened.

He, a mere cultivator of the Purple Mansion, knew he had no power to contend with such an existence.

Emerging from the depths of the pit, Shen Chongming couldn’t be bothered to deal with the old beggar and settled comfortably on the island under Shen Chongxu’s arrangements.

Having the demonic Qi that had plagued him for nearly ten years cleansed, he could finally cultivate in peace.

Time flew by, and two years passed in the blink of an eye.

In these two years, besides daily cultivation, the two brothers occasionally left the small island to search the nearby seas, hoping to find some clues related to their family or the Five Elements Secret Realm.

However, all of this was clearly in vain.

For the Five Elements Secret Realm was still sealed by the "Mystic Mechanism Escape Armor."

...

Jiuzhou World, Inference Saint Mountain.

In the third-layer pavilion of Inference Saint Peak, Shen Yuan was sitting on a mat, wholeheartedly deducing what the true Golden Core Dao is.

While the Jiuzhou World is sealed by the "Mystic Mechanism Escape Armor," the power of those under his jurisdiction has not significantly improved, yet before the collapse of the Dao, many cultivators under his rule had reached the middle to late stage of Fetal Breathing. Now, years later, the number of cultivators reaching the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm may already be fifty.

Three years from now, once the seal of the Mystic Mechanism Escape Armor is lifted, the Jiuzhou World will be able to absorb the Power of Heaven and Earth, and among these tribe members stuck at the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm, many may directly break through to the Golden Core.

He must deduce the general direction of the true Golden Core path before then, so the members can begin cultivating.

When he returns from the Nine Elements Exiled Immortal Temple, he hopes to comprehend the true Cultivation Technique of the Golden Core Dao.

Deducing such a grand path cultivation system places a tremendous strain on the heart and spirit.

Moreover, over the years, Shen Yuan vaguely sensed each time he deduced that there was an intangible, bizarre force within the void interfering with his comprehension of the true Golden Core Technique.

With these obstructions and the backlash from forcibly deploying the "Mystic Mechanism Escape Armor" during the Dao collapse at Yangnao Land, in just a few years, he looks even more aged.

On the mat, amidst the moon-white Power of Great Derivation surrounding Shen Yuan’s body, a hint of an eerie aura suddenly surfaced.

Under the influence of this eerie aura, the originally smooth-flowing Power of Great Derivation suddenly stagnated, the Qi mechanism shifted, and Shen Yuan’s face flushed red, with a thread of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Cough... cough, cough..."

The moon-white flowing Power of Great Derivation suddenly dispersed, but the eerie aura still lingered on his body. Shen Yuan lightly coughed twice and opened his eyes weakly.

Failed again.

His expression was somewhat disheartened, and an inexplicable sense of failure welled up inside.

"Taking the path of the ancestors as a lesson, observing the classics and historical texts, and comprehending the ancient and modern laws, yet still unable to find the true path..."

"Reflect on them... reflect on myself... merely a tiny ant trying to shake a tree—overestimating oneself..."

"As the grand Dao dictates, we ants... how can we defy it?"

His heart clouded, his eyes darkened.

This was clearly a sign of falling into madness.

The obscure force not only blocked his understanding of the true Golden Core Dao but also secretly employed methods to lead him to madness, intending to completely erase his existence and Dao.

At this moment, Shen Yuan could feel a force corroding his heart spirit.

Under the influence of this bizarre force, despair, inferiority, and submission emerged in his heart.

Yet even though he felt it, he couldn’t resist and could only watch as these negative emotions grew within him, giving birth to a terrifying heart demon...

Buzz!

As Shen Yuan watched his heart spirit being consumed bit by bit by overwhelming negative emotions, a faint Spirit Light suddenly emanated from the Great Derivation Inner Core at the center of the six inner core system in his Dantian.

The Great Derivation Inner Core vibrated rapidly, and a mixed and mysterious aura surged from the White Jade Turtle Shell within the Inner Core, instantly breaking the constraints of the Dantian and spreading to the surroundings!

Simultaneously, on another peak deep within Inference Saint Mountain, a drop of blood exuding terrifying oppression suddenly broke through the layers of array light shields, flying out of the secret chamber straight toward the pavilion on Inference Saint Peak!

When the Dao collapsed at Yangnao Land, Xu Zhan seized the Dominator’s Blood for which countless cultivators were crazed.

Since the Jiuzhou World was sealed, the Dominator’s Blood had been stored in the mountain treasure vault.

But now, somehow activated by an unknown force, it flew out of the vault directly toward Inference Saint Peak.

This commotion instantly drew the attention of many surrounding cultivators.

After all, the disturbance caused by the Dominator’s Blood was simply too great!

The horrible oppression paired with its dazzling and radiant Spirit Light made it extremely conspicuous as it traveled.

Curious, many cultivators gathered below Inference Saint Peak.

Shen Xiuyan was also intrigued by the sudden anomaly and led many of the Shen Family’s direct lineage members to the front of Inference Saint Peak, witnessing the Dominator’s Blood fly into the pavilion atop the peak.